Soccer’s Battle of Brooklyn: St. Francis beat LIU Brooklyn to advance to the NEC playoffs
The St. Francis Terriers and the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds met up for men’s soccer’s Battle of Brooklyn on Sunday with a lot more than just bragging rights on the line. Both teams needed a win to reach the Northeast Conference playoffs. One team would get that win.
The Terriers were too much for the Blackbirds in the end, scoring two goals in the first five minutes of the match to cruise to an easy 4-0 win at LIU Field on Saturday to win the Arnie-Carlo Cup, awarded to the winner of the Battle of Brooklyn each year. The win put LIU into the NEC playoffs where they will face Central Connecticut State University in Connecticut on Friday.
“We’re playing great,” said Terriers’ captain Andy Cormack. “We’re getting the wins that we need. Today we played beautiful, beautiful soccer and that’s great heading into the playoffs. It’s the first time in a while the school has been to the playoffs and I’m proud, as a captain, to be able to take the team there.”